UNFPA calls for urgent funding to respond to emerging needs in Lebanon
- Date: 13-Aug-2020
- Source: Ahram
- Sector:Financial Markets
- Country:Lebanon
UNFPA calls for urgent funding to respond to emerging needs in Lebanon
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is calling for $19.6 million to meet the needs of women and girls affected by
the Beirut port explosion
, which resulted in the killing of at least 160 people, the injuring of around 6,000, and the displacement of more than 300,000 people.
Many of Beirut's hospitals and healthcare centres have been damaged, and reports indicate that over 80 primary healthcare centres and nearly 15 hospitals have been affected by the blast, while three hospitals were fully destroyed.
Besides the financial and economic crisis that Lebanon is experiencing, the Beirut port explosion has created another huge crisis that Lebanon will take time to deal with.
The UNFPA is doubling its efforts in order to meet the needs of approximately 81,000 women of reproductive age,